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Lack of funding causing housing to be stalled

Tauranga's mayor is frustrated housing projects are on hold because the city can't get access to government funding. This week the council resolved to... Read More

Man in custody after Thornton firearms incident

A 23-year-old man has been taken into custody following an incident in Thornton, near Whakatane. A police spokesperson says East Bank Road is expected to be... Read More

Road closed following police incident in Whakatane

UPDATE 5.07PM: Police and members of the Armed Offenders Squad attended a property on East Bank Road in Thornton, at around 2.30pm. A police spokesperson says... Read More

Sailability providing opportunities for all

Sailability Tauranga blessed their new pontoon and boat at the Tauranga Yacht Club on Wednesday afternoon. Club Captain Rhonda Ritchie says it has taken two years... Read More

Waves to welcome surf lifesaving stars

Surf lifesaving officials are casting a wary eye over weather forecasts before the biggest event on the national calendar in Mount Maunganui next week. Nearly... Read More

Food festival first of its kind in the Bay

A festival, the first of its kind in New Zealand, will be taking place later in Tauranga this month. The Synergy Technologies Food For Thought festival, being... Read More

Child locked in car at Papamoa shopping centre

A child has been locked in a car at a shoppping centre in Papamoa. A police spokesperson says they are making enquiries into the incident. 'Police were called... Read More

NZ’s big dry to get bigger and drier

Rainmakers are definitely increasing around the New Zealand area but stubborn high pressure will continue to hold the rain clouds at sea for most (but not all)... Read More

Power to some but others still without

Power has been restored to customers in the Hairini area of Tauranga early this morning after a blown insulator cut supply to a substation late last night. Powerco... Read More

Facebook down, NZ cops say not to ring them

Social media sites Facebook and Instagram are down for users around the world, with Facebook confirming it is not because of a cyber-attack. Facebook acknowledged... Read More

Green light for recreational use of Waihī Estuary

One of two health warnings issued for Waihī Estuary at Pukehina (Little Waihī), has now been lifted by the Medical Officer of Health. Dr Jim Miller says the... Read More

Black Ferns help run Kiwi Can

Black Ferns players Toka Natua, Sarah Hirini and Stacey Waaka have been participating recently in the Kiwi Can programme at Mount Maunganui Intermediate, delighting... Read More